In recent years the NFL has been trying to put an emphasis
on player safety due to the growing concern of concussions and their impact on
players lives. There has been a class action lawsuit filed by over 4,000 former
NFL players claiming that the NFL failed to inform them of the dangers of head
injuries received from playing football. The question to these players is “how
in the world can you not know that repeated head injuries can have side effects?”
These athletes used their bodies for years to make money and
appear on highlight clips, and the are saying that they had no clue that
repeated head injuries would have serious life long effects. Have they never
seen Muhammad Ali? His body and brain are seriously damaged due to the amount
of head injuries that he received while boxing. It is simply common sense to
know that repeatedly injuring any part of your body will result in long-term
damage being done, and the brain is no different. If these players were really
concerned about protecting and preserving their bodies they would have made a
better choice of career. It is 100x more safe to be flipping burgers at McDonalds
but they chose to go for the money and the more risky career in the NFL. My advice
to these retirees is to stop making bogus claims and simply ask the to implement
better health benefits for retirees, because the only people winning during all
of this litigation are the lawyers.